Curl Up Under the Mistletoe With These Holiday Romance Audiobooks
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but if you seek an escape, pop in your headphones and enjoy the soothing sounds of a story. And this season, a romantic tale might just be the perfect remedy. Spotify editors suggest these favorite picks:
Lovelight Farms
By B. K. Borison
Narrated by Pippa Jayne
In this sweet and steamy romcom, Stella Bloom enters a contest to try to save the Christmas tree farm she’s loved since she was a kid. There’s just one problem: To make it seem like a romantic destination for the holidays, Stella lies on the application and says she owns Lovelight Farms with her boyfriend. Only there is no boyfriend. Enter her best friend Luka Peters.
A Holly Jolly Diwali
By Sonya Lalli
Narrated by Richa Moorjani
In A Holly Jolly Diwali, type-A Niki Randhawa discovers her free-spirited side on an impulsive journey from bustling Mumbai to the gorgeous beaches of Goa, and finds love waiting for her on Christmas morning. When she gets a new job offer back home, Niki must decide whether to cling to the straight and narrow or to take a leap of faith.
Mistlefoe: A Mead Realm Tale
By Kimberly Lemming
Narrated by Star Williams
You know what they say . . . it’s all fun and games until someone catches feelings. This holiday romantasy centers around a cursed family and the lengths one individual will go in order to remove that curse. The quest turns into a fake-dating bargain with a fox demon who proves irresistibly charming. When the weeklong affair ends, will they really be able to walk away?
Kiss Her Once for Me
By Alison Cochrun
Narrated by Natalie Naudus
One day, while Ellie is working her job at a coffee shop, Andrew, the shop’s landlord, proposes a shocking plan: a marriage of convenience that will give him his recent inheritance and alleviate Ellie’s financial woes and isolation. This plan sounds good until Andrew introduces Ellie to his sister—and she realizes it’s the mysterious woman she fell for over the course of one magical Christmas Eve the year before.
Love You a Latke
By Amanda Elliot
Narrated by Kelli Tager
As the only Jew on the tourism board of her Vermont town, Abby Cohen has been charged with planning their fledgling Hanukkah festival. Abby puts out a call for help and discovers there’s one other Jew: Seth, whose parents have been badgering him to bring a “nice Jewish girlfriend” home for Hanukkah. He promises to introduce Abby to all the vendors she needs to make the festival a success, in exchange for becoming his fake girlfriend. It’s a good plan, but could it turn out to be more?
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